I will be using it for various tasks this week.
The machine digs really well.
The pilot controls seem very natural.
At idle it does have a fair amount of whine.I guess it is hyd noise.
Overall very quiet at WOT.

I will post some pictures later.
I also will be returning the unit tomorrow.

The only flaw I see so far is the cross bar between the boom arms.It continually was a nuicance.

I honestly feel like purchasing this machine.It is a good machine.
I pushed some 10 inch sweet gums down with it and some bigger pines.
It has good hyd power and is very easy too manuever.

I will demo the John Deere next week and I am really excited.
The salesman that I had a complaint with ended up leaving the company.
That must have played a part in the situation so I am glad that I decided to call them back.

I will add that the pilot controls are very easy too master.
I have limited skid steer experience and my friend made note of how quick I was working with the unit.I was using it too clean a privot hedge line grown up against a chain link fence.
He is very experienced with Skid steers and was very amazed at the units ability too move and work.Especially with me running it.LOL

I will also call the Bobcat dealer for a demo also.

I would hate to be someone competing against Takeuchi.
They have there act together.

John Deere and Takeuchi also have a door that slides up and over your head.
That is a big plus.

Takeuchi builds a quality machine. Some of the draw backs I felt were it size, it seems almost unnecessarily large. It was difficult to get both tracks to power up equally. It may have been an issue of not being familiar with the machine. It has good pushing power and tractive effort but there are more powerful machines in this weight class. As far as quality of build it will be difficult to beat. The interior is very Japanese. " Everything you need, nothing you don't" mentality at work (Bobcat could learn a thing or two here). The additional CASE tracked machines are soon to release: the 440 CTL to be exact. Incredibly strong machine and phycially smaller than the TK. The 440CTL was able to substantially out dig and out push the TK (and the 277 CAT and Bobcat T250). If you end up with a TK you'll have found a very good machine.